When Your Socks Get Holes In Them.......

[Lawrence00]

It's fashionable to wear mismatched socks.

 

[Jules]

Garbage. My daily socks are all the same. I keep about 20 in rotation. I just choose the next two in the pile and wear them.

 

[Coconut]

I mostly wear white socks because my feet get really hot.
If I get a hole in one I throw it away.
When I go out I try to wear a color that matches what I am wearing.
If I get a hole in one I throw them away and get more.

My Son will throw away a sock with a hole in it in a heartbeat.
He also will wear two differant socks if he can not find a matching pair.
He says who cares.

 

[Trish]

Those wooden darning eggs are a thing of the past in this world. I have a hand blown hollow one that I bought in an antiqe store over 50 yrs ago for fify cents.

We used to call them darning mushrooms. My mum has an old (plastic, I think) green one from the 1950's, the handle screws off and you can keep darning needles inside.

 

[Aunt Bea]

 

[timoc]

I've never understood why socks, shoes, gloves, earrings, etc. have to match each other. Wouldn't it be more interesting to wear one pink sock and one with blue polka dots?

I do, Sunny, I do.

 

[George1959]

We used to call them darning mushrooms. My mum has an old (plastic, I think) green one from the 1950's, the handle screws off and you can keep darning needles inside.

Exactly the same in Germany, they are called a 'Stopfpilz'. My mother used one, I think that my wife uses the remaining one too.

 

[Trish]

I've never understood why socks, shoes, gloves, earrings, etc. have to match each other. Wouldn't it be more interesting to wear one pink sock and one with blue polka dots?

I like the idea but, in reality, if you are young, you'd probably be viewed as a creative genius but, once you have crossed the line, into senior territory, it would probably be taken as a sign that you are losing the plot. "Call the doctor! grandad's wearing odd socks and his earrings don't match!"

 

[Trish]

Exactly the same in Germany, they are called a 'Stopfpilz'. My mother used one, I think that my wife uses the remaining one too.

They are quite useful for sewers. I love old sewing stuff so I tend to collect these things.

 

[George1959]

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The sock eating washing machine remains one of the never solved mysteries.

 

[timoc]

Both of my grandmothers had these old fashioned sock darning ‘eggs’ in their sewing baskets but I don’t remember them actually darning or reweaving any socks.

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When I was about 12 years old, an uncle who had a lathe and taught me how to use it, let me make these darning mushrooms for all the family, I've got one in a drawer, and I'd bet there are some still existing in family members belongings.

 

[-Oy-]

When I notice a hole start to appear (not very aften as I buy good quality socks) it just kinda goes missing. I suspect the Wife Fairy is to blame.